Dr Sarah Brand

He was a she.

LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE. [This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him]. After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts: Unloosed, unheralded, You soar toward me Across the dying afternoon. bright disc of childhood, Long since thrown wide Of Youth's green imaginings, Your slow declining arc Figures a sky-written truth: We will all succumb, and soon To earth's hard oblivion. [The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground. [Ends]

Let's Not Play Frisbee With That Poet Anymore

This is how I access BlueSky

Watching new ep of The Capture and guffawing at the preposterous idea of all this incredible tech available to a govt body. I work in the NHS and we can barely get the photocopiers to work.

It’s ok! Quite used to it now!

THIS IS SPINAL TAP was released 42 years ago this week. Widely regarded as one of the funniest comedies ever made, and the film that spawned the ‘mockumentary’, the behind the scenes tale goes to 11…

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Yeah. It could my skewed perspective but I’ve been patronised and underestimated my whole life.

Being underestimated, having people repeating what I’ve just said as if it’s their idea, being talked down to.

I struggle in meetings. Always have, always will.

And that reporter was never seen again…

“Name on cup?”

We need to have a no tolerance policy for billionaires.

Ditching. I’ve done my time.

doodle comic Screenshot of a fedex map “track your delivery on the map” Me sitting in the dark, watching the computer very seriously

me when fedex offers the live map for my package

I didn't even get a fucking interview.

A urinal that has been taped off with three strips of black and yellow striped tape

I was late to the scene of this incident. Hope everyone involved is OK.

The Peaky Blinders big screen spin-off sees Tommy Shelby and his gang head off to the Costa Blanca for a package holiday with hilarious consequences.

Matthew Goodwin, Melanie Phillips, Douglas Murray, Matthew Syed, Matthew Parris...all of them have been ubiquitous on BBC Radio 4 over the last couple of decades. They're all cryptonazis, ardent supporters of the violent imposition of racial and social hierarchy.

Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover] So yeah here it is 59,000 on the clock Nice racing green MAN 2: Looks lovely MAN 1: It's got the heated seats, auto headlights [Man 2 looks in the front seat] MAN 2: Really nice [man 2 now opening the back door] MAN 1: Reverse camera, air quality sensor Leather upgrade - MAN 2: What's that? MAN 1: What  MAN 2: There's something on the back seat there  [we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red] MAN 1: I can't see anything. MAN 2: You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor MAN 1: That's just light wear MAN 2: It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince  It's completely ingrained in the leather [he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith] MAN 2: Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing? MAN 1: It's a design feature. MAN 2: I've come down from Suffolk mate. [Ends]

Glasgow - latest. Building near Central Station very on fire.

They wanted freedom of speech.
They got freedom of speech.

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‘It’s International Women’s Day. Why aren’t you smiling?’

Simon Tisdall, the independent-minded journalist who was pivotal in ensuring the Guardian opposed the Iraq war of 2003, is sounding a loud alarm today…

… en route to this arresting conclusion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A picture of a book with the title ‘Geri Halliwell’ on a bookshelf. In front is sign that says ‘music’.

Siri, show me a contradiction in terms.

Honestly, does nobody in John Cleese's life love him enough to take his fucking smart phone off him?

BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Dead Funny History, Zheng Yi Sao Zheng Yi Sao: Pirate Queen of admin.

IWD & do I have funny potted biographies of brill International Women for you!

What about sex worker turned pirate mega-fleet leader Zheng Yi Sao, who was so good at Crimey Admin that she was able to carve out a considerable chunk of the Chinese Empire to rule! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Welcome to the Garyneum, the 13 day period between the birthdays of Gary Numan and Gary Oldman.

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay by still wishing I was a bit slimmer.

A far right protestor holds up a sign reading "we are Jeffrey Epstein"

There was a far-right protest against mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York yesterday and well, that's quite the sign